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Javy Baez explains his thumbs-down home run message to Mets fans
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Javier Baez among New York Mets to jab at booing fans with thumbs down celebration
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Javier Baez among New York Mets to jab at booing fans with thumbs down celebration
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Javy Baez explains his thumbs-down home run message to Mets fans
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Javier Baez among New York Mets to jab at booing fans with thumbs down celebration